Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition with new features, trading cards, improved AI, workshop support, multiplayer, Steamworks integration and more!
## About This Game
In Age of Empires II: HD Edition, fans of the original game and new players
alike will fall in love with the classic Age of Empires II experience. Explore
all the original single player campaigns from both Age of Kings and The
Conquerors expansion, choose from 18 civilizations spanning over a thousand
years of history, and head online to challenge other Steam players in your
quest for world domination throughout the ages. Originally developed by
Ensemble Studios and re-imagined in high definition by Hidden Path
Entertainment, Skybox Labs, and Forgotten Empires, Microsoft Studios is proud
to bring Age of Empires II: HD Edition to Steam!
Age of Empires II – Gold Edition
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Multimedia PC with Pentium 166MHz or higher processor | INTEL 2.4 GHz Dual Core |
| RAM | 32 MB of RAM | 1.5 GB |
| OS | Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/Me/XP/NT 4.0 with service pack 5 | Windows XP/Vista/7 |
| Graphics Card | Super VGA with 2 MB of video memory | |
| Direct X | 9.0c | 9.0c |
| SOUND CARD | Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio | DirectX Compatible |
| HDD Space | 200 MB of hard disk space; additional 100 MB of hard disk space for swap file | 700 MB free |
| CD-ROM | 4x speed or faster CD-ROM drive | |
| Note | Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device | |
